Annual report 13'14

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ANNUAL REPORT 2013-14

Hunnarshala Foundation for Building Technology and Innovation

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CONTENT

1. Introduction...4 2. Education for Children...5 • Activities in ’13 – ‘14• Financial Support• Kamerai & Ozari• Infrastructure development for children education

3. Education for Professionals...9• Training Course on Stabilized Rammed Earth• Scholarship to a student pursuing Master course in Sustainable Architecture.

4. Education for Building Artisans...11• Research

5. Projects...14

6. Community Empowerment...16• Community Tourism• Owner Driven Reconstruction• Community Housing

7. Other Activities...25• Gubbi Alliance for sustainable habitat

8. Awards & Publications...26

9. Finance...27

10. Governance...30


1. INTRODUCTION

The massive earthquake of Kutch in the year 2001 brought together few professionals to form a Shelter Cell under the umbrella of Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan. This cell addressed facilitation of housing for the disaster affected people.While the rehabilitation work was on the verge of com-pletion, a meeting along with the professionals was convened in Abhiyan to explore the possibil-ity of forming a not-for-profit company through which they could collectively continue to share their work and experience.

In 2003, “Hunnarshala Foundation for Building Technology and Innovations” was incorporated as a section 8 company (formerly section 8 was section 25 of companies Act 1960) of the Com-panies Act 2013, with the participation of Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan, educational and scientific institutions like CEPT, IIS, CSR Auroville and com-panies like HDFC, Gruh Finance and Transmetal Industries. In the initial years of its journey Hunnarshala has worked globally on disaster rehabilitation. In the process, it has supported the building of tem-porary shelters and permanent reconstruction for various governments, funding agencies and NGO’s. With its experiences in working with disas-ters, Hunnarshala has helped to develop techni-cal guidelines and provide training to engineers and masons on earthquake resisting structures.

In Hunnarshala, it has been a continuous quest to develop environment friendly technologies using locally available material and involvement of local artisans. Earth, wood and bamboo are most commonly used to develop these technolo-gies. Through the research programs these tech-nologies are developed, tested and transferred to the artisan guild before it’s made available to the market. Artisan’s role is key in developing and promoting these technologies as they are the one’s who implement them in various pro-jects. The artisan entrepreneur program ensures the technical and livelihood development of the building artisans.

The urban poor communities are being empow-ered by helping them build their houses by intro-ducing the owner driven construction concept. Further initiatives are being taken to link govern-ment housing schemes like Rajiv Awaas Yojana for the benefit of the slum dwellers. Hunnarshala has evolved as an institution that provides an open platform to artisans, students, artists and professionals who collaborate for con-tributing, learning or developing ideas / tech-nologies, thus becoming part of this movement. Through these collaborations and inter disci-pline synergies, Hunnarshala envisages to create awareness on sustainability. We feel its time to share the knowledge gained during its journey in a structured manner through education pro-grams for various sections of our society.

2. EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN

“Knowledge will bring you the opportunity to make the difference” – Claire Fagin,

Traditional knowledge will be available only if it is systematically transferred from one generation to another. Retaining traditional knowledge of a region is in the hands of people who practice it with great passion.

By initiating “education for children”, Hunnarshala intends to provide children a platform where they come together to learn, interact, share and finally possess a skill. These children already carry the understanding of eco-friendly materials as tradi-tional wisdom. The education program envisag-es that the students become confident enough to create opportunities for themselves that can make a difference in their life.

In 2011, the education program was initiated with the following objectives: -

• Creating a platform for young boys andgirls, school dropouts, child labors who have dis-continued their education either to support the family or due to lack of proper guidance.

• Education throughdevelopmentofhandskills in a specific trade with a focus on under-standing life values, confidence building and ca-pability of delivering work professionally.

• Disseminate scientifically validated tra-ditional knowledge among the younger gen-eration of communities, so that the traditional knowledge and its practices are preserved within these communities instead of leading towards extinction.

• Tocreateawarenesswithintheruralsoci-ety to encourage young students to pursue hand skills.

• Rebuilding the confidence and skills ofstudents who are exposed to exploitation as child laborers and those adversely affected by mainstream education

The “shala” started with a course on carpentry in November 2011. The following year a course on walling systems was also offered. Last year the third batch of carpentry and second batch of walling systems course was in progress. Till now 48 students have graduated from “Karigarshala”.

The “Karigarshala” curriculum consists of theory and practical classes. In the theory classes the students learn Mathematics, Material Science, Life Science, Drawing and Sketching. In the prac-tical class the students understand the use of various tools followed by hands on practice. The practical trainingshelp the student to evolve as


“karigars”. In one year, the course tries to inculcate good human values, material knowledge and its selection, provide knowledge of using tools and machinery, confidence to deliver work on time, quantification and estimation. In 2013 -14 the total strength of students was 14 i.e. 7 in each stream.7 students of the wall-ing system course were from Jambua dis-trict of Madhya Pradesh. They belong to families whosemain occupation is farming.

All these families own small piece of land on which they do farming. Out of 7 students 3 have single parent and all of them had discontinued studies after 6th or 7th class. After completing their course from “karigarshala”, 2 boys went to work in Surat as masons, and the rest of them are working in towns and villages close to their vil-lage.

The other 7 students who came for the carpentry course were mostly from Kutch and Meshana dis-trict of Gujarat. These boys also came from fami-lies mostly involved in farming. After completing the course only 2 students are practicing carpen-try, others are occupied in either farming or other family businesses.

Activities in 13-14

This year the students of Karigarshala (Carpentry course) and IPSA, school of architecture, Rajkot came together to conduct 2 workshops.

In the first workshop, the students of IPSA visit-ed Hunnarshala and interacted with the artisan school students and master artisans to get a first hand feel of the tools used in carpentry. Both the teams visited Ryan village to see the use of wood-en elements in old buildings and make sketches of the same. The students of Karigarshala learned sketching techniques from the architect students.

In the second workshop, the students of Kari-garshala visited IPSA, Rajkot to attend a work-shop wherein both teams worked together to design wooden products and subsequently

prepared the products based on the designs.

The students of Navrachna University, Baroda and students of the carpentry course jointly par-ticipated in a workshop for a week. The first three days were spent in designing wooden products like chair, bookshelves etc. The next three days were spent is producing these items. Such syn-ergies help students of both fraternity to under-stand each other’s capabilities and the impor-tance of developing a bond that is essential later as professionals in respective fields.

Similarly, the students of walling systems have planned to associate with master artisan and work with them in their projects. This exercise will help the students to further practice, understand the importance of delivering the required quality and quantity of work in specified time.

Financials

The “Karigarshala” is financially supported by:• Surplus generated by Hunnarshala Founda-

tion.• Philanthropic contributions.• Work done by the students on projects as

part of their practical training.

The annual expenditure was Rs.1, 14, 000(ap-prox.) per student. The cost includes a stipend of Rs.9000 per annum and all functional costs.

Kamerai & Ozari

After the 1st batch of carpentry and walling sys-tem students passed out from the artisan school the students opted to explore the market for work. After 3 months the students met again in the school and shared their experience. Listen-ing to their individual experiences, it was felt that they were still not mature and confident to face the exploitative market scenario.

So the Artisan School team thought of handhold-ing and grooming the students further by provid-ing them an opportunity to operate a business entity under the guidance of Hunnarshala where they would learn the basics of entrepreneurship. Thus came into being two incubation companies named, Kamerai and Ozari. Kamerai is a partner-ship firm for the walling system students and Ozari for the carpentry students. After the course of one year is complete the students have an op-tion to be part of the company for a period of 15 months and thereafter they are replaced by the next batch of students passing out. All the stu-dents are partners in the firm and have elected their representatives for legal compliances.

Hunnarshala supports both companies by pro-viding them the required infrastructure to func-tion. Links them to the market and provides tech-nical as well as administrative guidance.

In the incubation companies the students are exposed to major functions of business activity so that they gain confidence and understand-ing. The students participate in the entire process

after an order is received i.e. estimation, propos-al, understanding the importance of legal docu-ments prepared for each order, procurement of raw material, efficiently producing / constructing in stipulated time, complying to administrative requirements of a firm etc.

We spoke to two students named Mayank Mak-wana and Yogesh Vinjoda. Both of them were stu-dents of the first carpentry batch. Mayank opted not to join Ozari whereas Yogesh opted to join Ozari. When asked the reason for their decision,

“Mayank said - I wanted to learn and specialize furniture production instead of doors, windows, floorboards and basic furniture. I know that at the moment I am getting less salary compared to my colleagues who work in Ozari, but I want to follow my passion of learning furniture making. I have all praise for my days spent as a learner in Karigarshala”.

“Yogesh said – I wanted to learn about the func-tioning of a company in which I was a partner. The ups and down a person sees while operat-ing a business, the timelines to deliver orders etc. was a great learning for me. With this learning, I have gained a lot of confidence and feel that now I am ready to venture out in the market. Karigar-shala and Ozari have provided me a direction in life and I am very thankful to everyone who is in-volved in this noble work.”


Infra structure development for children education

Initially, the artisan school was started in the of-fice campus of Hunnarshala and students from outside Kutch used to stay in nearby rented houses. Though being a temporary arrangement, it was not very convenient for the students and also not cost-effective to manage such a setup. Hunnarshala had already planned and purchased a land very close to its office campus to build a hostel facility for students coming to study from outside Bhuj. The students and entrepreneur companies promoted by Hunnarshala played a major role in constructing the building. The hos-tel has incremented into a complete facility for the artisan school where the students have class-rooms, computer room, workshop equipped with required tools and machinery, meeting room, of-fice for the faculties, kitchen and dining area. The students stay together in the hostel with one of their faculty member.

The best part of this building is that it is a con-fluence of work from all the artisan entrepreneur groups, students of artisan school, Kamerai and Ozari. Surpluses generated by Hunnarshala have been utilized for the construction of this facility. The construction cost of the building as on 31st March 2014 was Rs.76, 28,181.

3. EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONALS

Professionals see Hunnarshala as a platform where they can associate to contribute, learn and innovate. Professionals visiting Hunnarshala get an opportunity to learn how to use eco-friendly technologies in modern context. During this learning process they interact and work together with the building artisans creating a special bond-ing between them. They also understand why the efforts of the artisans towards a construction process should be acknowledged. In 13-14, 215 students / professionals (approximately) visited Hunnarshala.

Training Course On Stabilized Rammed Earth

In May 2013, Hunnarshala Foundation offered a Training Course on Stabilized Rammed Earth Construction. This course was conducted in col-laboration with master artisans, architects and engineers. The goal of the training course was to strengthen professionals with knowledge and skills required for designing and building with sustainable technology like Rammed Earth.

The main objectives of the course were: 1. To enhance the knowledge, skills and atti-

tudes of participants to practice consciously and sensitively within their socio-cultural en-vironment.

2. To strengthen community of practitioners of sustainable technologies like rammed earth by promoting collaborations between arti-sans, architects and engineers.


The two weeks residential training course was specifically designed for professionals, students and people who can play critical roles in shaping built environment of our settlements.The course was designed to familiarise the participants with eco-logic and economics of using rammed earth technology and enable them to address the chal-lenge of designing and building with rammed earth. The course emphasised on developing understanding of materials, tools, construction methodology and design principles.

Hunnarshala developed the course curriculum in collaboration with faculties from CEPT Univer-sity and Indubhai Parekh School of Architecture, Rajkot. People-in-Centre helped in preparing the course material and structuring the program. 14 professionals from Ahmedabad, Bangalore,Delhi, Auroville, France and Cambodia attended the course.

The candidate was shortlisted by the ad-mission committee at the time of admis-sion and the committee consisting of:1. Dean of Faculty, 2. An eminent practicing architect and 3. One member of Hunnarshala Foundation

A scholarship of Rs. 100,000 per year will be ex-tended to the selected student of the first year based on the merit of the student. The scholarship continues till the completion of the course on the ground that the student secures an aggregate of 60% for mandatory subjects in previous semesters.

The student who receives the scholarship shall take up the final sample project / thesis in an area related to Hunnarshala’s objectives in con-sultation with Hunnarshala. The recipient of the scholarship may work as an intern at Hunnar-shala either during the course of his/her study or later depending on Hunnarshala’s acceptance.Scholarship to student pursuing

Masters in Sustainable Architecture

Hunnarshala Foundation is extending a schol-arship to one student pursing Masters De-gree in Architecture at CEPT University.

This Scholarship has been extended for the year 2013-14 and 2014-15 i.e. for the entire duration of the Masters course.

4. EDUCATION FOR BUILDING ARTISANS

Building artisans have an understanding of eco-friendly materials and techniques as traditional wisdom. Each generation passes on the knowl-edge to the other, but due to the use of modern material and construction techniques the prac-tice of these traditional techniques is becoming obsolete and the practitioners are left with no choice but to adapt to the modern methods.

The building artisans are considered as labor and a huge communication gap is evident be-tween them and the professionals. Hunnarshala understands the potential of these artisans and involves them in its projects providing them space to perform and demonstrate their skill. Ef-forts to narrow the gap between the artisans and professionals are a continuous process that helps both fraternities to understand, learn, share and acknowledge each other.

We have taken up the challenge of mentoring these building artisans with a hope that it will benefit them substantially and provide them an opportunity to live a dignified life.

Rakesh Vesta, a 19-year-old young, energetic boy, who had completed his 10th but discontinued studies thereafter, came to Bhuj from Mathana village in Madhya Pradesh, after the massive earthquake. He was part of the influx of migrant labor from Madhya Pradesh who came in search of work. These people possessed traditional skill of building houses with earth, so Rakesh also had the traditional wisdom in him.

During those days Hunnarshala was imple-menting a housing project in Bhuj city as part of the post earthquake rehabilitation program. He joined the construction team as a helper. Most of his time in the project was spent in helping the stabilized rammed earth construction team. This was also the time when he started understand-ing rammed earth construction. After this pro-ject was over, he showed interest in being part of Hunnarshala’s construction team. By then he had developed an interest in stabilized rammed earth

We encouraged him by including him as a team member in various projects. His interactions with our master artisans and experts helped him to understand the intricacies of stabilized rammed earth construction. Then came an opportunity for Rakesh to be part of a team visiting UAE to restore and conserve mud forts. This project helped him to demonstrate his skills and also learn from mas-ter artisans, experts and his teammates. This was also the time when he became financially stable and could provide better facilities to his family back home. After returning from UAE, he had ac-tively participated in few rammed earth projects. At this juncture, we shared an idea with him to start a company that offers services of construct-ing with stabilized rammed earth. Rammed earth construction involves hard manual work and re-quires a team effort so Rakesh was suggested to select partners for his firm. He selected, three partners from his region who had worked with him in various projects and in July 2012, “Layers– The Rammed Earth Construction Company” was registered as a partnership company.

The first phase of Rakesh’s life was involved in on the job training and learning how to carve a niche by specializing in one form of construction practice. On the job training is essential for learn-ing artisanship and it is also acceptable by the ar-tisans, since initially they get involved with work only as a means to earn money for supporting themselves and their families. But gradually, arti-sans who show consistency, interest, confidence and have a desire to think beyond;a new direc-tion unveils, which is life changing.

In the second phase i.e. after Layers was formed, Rakesh is still getting educated in the form of un-derstanding how to interact with clients, how to deal with his workforce, how to handle emergen-cies, how to maintain timelines, how to take care of his companies accounts, how to manage his companies finances and the list goes on…


Hunnarshala’s platform is open for all the build-ing artisans who get associated, but the entire process of educating an intern artisan to become an entrepreneur is possible with very few arti-sans. This will always remain a challenge as well as a motivating factor for us.

Hunnarshala has promoted few artisan entre-preneur companies. A brief detail about the com-panies a is mentioned below:

• “Wood Grains”- a proprietorship company started by Mr. Shravan Bishnoi, an artisan as-sociated with Hunnarshala since 11 years. Wood grain specializes in making wooden roof understructures and louver windows. Since formation of wood grain, it has continu-ously received work and has also provided employment opportunities to fellow carpen-ters.

• “Span”- space frame systems, a proprietorship company started by Mr. Magan R Bijlani who has been associated with Hunnarshala since last 10 years. SPAN specializes in assembling and installing space frame roof understruc-ture.

• “Layers” – the rammed earth company, is a partnership company consisting of 4 mem-bers. Mr. Rakesh Vesta represents “Layers”. In the past, this group has been involved with earthen projects of Hunnarshala; they have specialized in the construction of stabilized rammed earth walls.

• “MathaChhaj – A thatch company”, the wom-en’s collective specializing in thatch roof solu-tions.

Hunnarshala supports the Artisan Entrepre-neur companies by linking them to potential cli-ents, providing project specific technical advice and helping with administrative compliances. To further enhance the identity of these compa-nies, Hunnarshala had hired a consultant to de-sign branding material. All the companies now have visiting cards, logo and relevant stationary for communication. For web presence, individual websites are being developed. These websites will have links from Hunnarshala’s website and vice versa.

Research

If we explore rural regions in India, we will find that the local people have developed and prac-ticed many types of building technologies. The technologies are conducive to the environment of that specific region. These technologies are untapped, as not much has been done to scien-tifically validate them and make them available as a mainstream technology. The technical team of Hunnarshala learns these technologies from the rural region, validates them and makes them available as technologies along with the practi-tioners of the specific building art. The artisans of these technologies are available, hence can im-plement these technologies after an orientation on the research findings, whereas for sophisti-cated new technologies people have to undergo training. With the climate change and environ-mental concerns, now the technologies promot-ed by us are termed as green technologies.

Hunnarshala’s efforts are to mainstream the use of eco-friendly building techniques that are scientifically validated through research initia-tives on a regular basis. These research initiatives are of great help in innovating with the envi-ronmentally friendly materials to provide sound building solutions while retaining the traditional wisdom. The research results are properly tested for its functionality and then transferred through training programs to the artisan guild for imple-menting in projects.

Hunnarshala has collaborated with Grama-vidya, a research based organization for technical support and guidance in its research program.

In 2013-14, the following research activities with Gramavidya are being carried out.

• Training on hand molded stabilized adobe: A team of artisans and supervisor visited Grama-vidya; Bangalore to understand all the aspects of hand molded stabilized adobe.

• Designing and developing a hydraulic press machine for CSEB production: A prototype of the hydraulic press machine has been made and required testing conducted in Banga-lore. The concerned organizations witnessed the functioning of the machine and provided their feedback. The necessary corrections are being incorporated for further evolution of the machine.

• Training to conduct Hydrometer test: Grama-vidya conducted the Hydrometer test (de-termination of clay and silt contents in soil) training for the laboratory assistants of Hun-narshala.

These research initiatives will help the arti-san groups to learn the techniques of prepar-ing hand molded stabilized adobe that can be marketed as substitutes to bricks. The mecha-nized press to produce CSEB blocks can cre-ate opportunities for the artisan to form entre-preneur groups that can produce and supply CSEB blocks to the construction industry. The hydrometer test training will help us to understand the composition of soil better.

An in-house research is being carried out to test the potential of lime as a construction ma-terial. Combination of Lime with other materials like Surkhi, Fly ash has been tried out to prepare blocks and plaster material. The compressive strength of these lime blocks was tested in our laboratory.

Hunnarshala was invited to participate in a design review of DEWAT system that Indian In-stitute of Technology, Gandhinagar proposes to implement. Hunnarshala has submitted its report based on the site visit and proposal provided by the institution.


Projects by Ozari Joinery

• Avadat Apparels: An apparel-manufacturing firm contracted Ozari Joinery to prepare and install wooden floorboards as intermediate floors in their factory premise. The total quan-tity of work was of 10880 sq.ft.

• Girnar English Medium School: GEMS school in Junagardh district, contracted Ozari Join-ery to prepare and install wooden boundary wall for the school campus. The total quantity of work was of 4000 sq.ft.

• Hunnarshala’s Hostel Building: Ozari Joinery prepared and installed louver windows and made chairs for the school.

• Ozari Workshop: The first batch of carpentry students who are partners in Ozari Joinery, assembled and installed a circular wooden structure that works as wooden wall and wooden floor.

The total turnover of Ozari Joinery was Rs.17, 10,437.

We are thankful to Girnar English Medium School and Avadat Apparels for the trust and confidence shown in the young boys, without that it would not have been possible for Ozari to successfully complete both project.

5. Projects in 13-14

Projects by Kamerai Artisan Guild

In the financial year 2013-14, Kamerai worked for the following projects:• Agrocell Industries: Agrocell contracted Kam-

erai to build facilities for a vegetable market in Kodai village. The total quantity of work was around 1500 sq.ft.

• Dr. Jay Sanghvi: Dr. Jay Sanghvi, a naturopa-thy practitioner contracted Kamerai to build kitchen and dining facilities in his farmhouse nature center. The total quantity of work was around 1950 sq.ft.

• Hunnarshala’s Hostel Building: The team of Kamerai provided their services for building the hostel.

The total turnover of Kamerai was Rs.6, 76, 272.

We are thankful to Agrocell Industries and Dr. Jay Sanghvi for the trust and confidence shown in the young boys, without that it would not have been possible for Kamerai to successfully com-plete both project.

Projects by Wood GrainWood grain has provided services of installing wooden understructures for the following pro-jects:• In BPUMS research center at Hodka village.• In the endogenous tourism center at Lakhpat.• A residential building of an industrialist in

Bhuj. Wood grain’s turnover for the F.Y. 2013-14 is Rs.772, 319.

Projects by SPAN- The Space frame systems

SPAN has provided services of installing space frame roof understructures for the following pro-jects: • In the hostel building of Artisan School. • In the kitchen and dining facility of Dr. Jay

Sanghvi farmhouse at Bhuj.• In the vegetable market developed by Agro-

cell Industries at Kodai village, Kutch.• In the residence of Mr. Marc Barandard at Au-

roville.

SPAN’s turnover for F.Y. 2013-14 is Rs.774, 668.

Projects by “Layers”- A rammed earth Construction Company

“Layers” has provided services of constructing stabilized rammed earth walls for the following projects:• Completed the construction of rammed earth

walls for the residence of an Architect in Ahmedabad.

Projects by “Matha Chhaj”- A thatch company

“Matha Chhaj” has provided services of prepar-ing and installing thatch panels for the following projects. • Prepared mud rolls for Samir Construction,

Ahmedabad. • Prepared and Installed thatch roof panels in

BPUMS, Hodka village • Hostel building of Hunnarshala.“Matha Chhaj’s turnover for the year 2013-14 is Rs.269, 855

• Participated as practical instructors in the short-term course for Stabilized Rammed Earth, conducted by Hunnarshala for profes-sionals and students at Bhuj.

• Built rammed earth walls for the dining area of the hostel building.

Layers turnover for the year 2013-14 is Rs.109, 676.


6.COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT INITIATIVES

This initiative works with communities in transi-tion; transition from a way of life that they have been used to for generations, to having to re envisage their neighbourhoods. We help com-munities redevelop their villages; settlements post natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, storms and their like; to communities displaced due to violence due to communal strife or caste discrimination. We help communities who have been displaced due to development projects, be it industries, or relocating people from wildlife reserves. We work with urban communities to re-develop their slums into neighbourhoods or help social housing programs in villages recognize and improve the diverse building science of our traditions. We help communities celebrate their knowledge, their expression by building commu-nity resorts and home-stays.

This is the core initiative that informs almost all of Hunnarshala’s work. The master artisans and our building professionals work together to de-velop contemporary solutions using traditional materials and building knowledge. Participation of all stakeholders in design and implementation is the basis of this initiative. Frugality and beauty are values we encourage, conscious of the car-bon footprint of our work.

Our objective is to use the process of design and building as a means of empowerment and strengthening communities.

This year our team has worked in Uttarakhand post the floods in June; we continue to support a small group of IDP’s resettle post the riots in Mu-zaffarnagar; we completed a community resort in the historical town of Lakhpat. We are helping the government of Gujarat develop their social housing technical guidelines for the villages and we have initiated a large program to comprehen-sively rehabilitate the slums of our city of Bhuj with the Municipal Corporation. We also harbour dreams of initiating a Masters program in Social Housing.

Community Tourism

Background

Starting an initiative with active participation of the community in the design process, con-struction, embellishments and managing it confidently,demonstrates how endogenous tourism can be promoted as a build and manage model. TheSham-e-Sarhad village resort project was executed in collaboration with KMVS and support by the government. Sham –e- Sarhad project was an attempt to have the people of Hodka showcase their tradi-tions, culture, region and history directly to the tourists.The Banni region is a vast grassland and a confluence of rich crafts from Islamic, Hindu and nomadic traditions. The challenge and op-portunity for Hunnarshala was to not only use these crafts in the making of Sham-e-Sarhad, but involve their master artisans in the designing process as well. The local skills of various artisans were incorporated in the making of this facility.

Sham - e- Sarhad is owned and managed by a village committee set up by the Panchayat.

Lakhpat Tourism Project

After successful implementation of the “Sham – e – Sarhad”village resort that is being managed ef-ficiently by the community, a similar proposal for developing a tourism facility in Lakhpat village was submitted to the Collector of Bhuj.

Lakhpat is a village located on the northwest tip of Kutch district. It’s on the coast of the Great Rann, the white desert border between India and Pakistan. Once a flourishing port town it has now been impoverished and relying on the indus-trial and mining jobs found in the area. Scarcity of other occupational options resulted in people migrating to other towns and cities.

Lakhpat has a rich culture thus making it an

interesting tourist site. Glimpses of past culture and architecture can be seen in the existing build-ings and religious structures. The prime objec-tive in initiating this project was to develop the lacking tourism infrastructure of the village with the involvement of the community in the entire process that includes, formation of a village com-mittee, providing livelihood to the local artisans during the construction activity and finally guid-ing the village committee to manage the facility efficiently.

The first step towards this development initia-tive was to construct 4 permanent guest rooms with allied facilities such as dining hall, kitchen, washrooms, reception and landscaping of the entire locale. The design and construction pro-cess started in 2012. This year the construction of the tourism center will be completed.

Owner Driven Reconstruction

Uttrakhand Rehabilitation Project.

Uttrakhand state on the foothills of the Hima-laya’s experienced a massive flood in June ’13 due to heavy downpour, resulting in vil-lages being washed away and people strand-ed without any house or infrastructure left.

A village named Parodi in Tehri district expe-rienced a massive landslide along with enor-mous amount of water coming down the

Sonargaon hill causing considerable damage in the village. Some houses were submerged in de-bris up to the second floor, a number of domestic animals were lost and people injured.

A joint team of Abhiyan, Hunnarshala and Un-nati visited the village as part of an assessment team visiting the disaster affected areas in Uttra-khand.After meeting the community, it was felt that a community-driven process for rehabilita-tion could be started from Parodi.

After assessing the situation first hand, the re-habilitation process was initiated by forming a village committee having equal representation from both men and women. The village commit-tee then prepared a list of work that needed im-mediate attention and was of priority. The village committee decided to restore their “chowk” (vil-lage square) and temple on a priority basis. The villagers contributed towards the reconstruction of the temple and “chowk” by providing sand, stone and labor. Permarth Niketan Ashram con-tributed funds for buying cement and remuner-ating the deployed masons.

The village had a traditional water mill that was regularly used by the community for grind-ing grains. This water mill was severely damaged by flood. “A water mill works by having the flow-ing water flow over the water wheel. That wheel then turns the attached axle, which is used to power a heavy stone to grind grain into flour”.


The village team constructed 160-meter chan-nel from the river to supply water to the mill and farms. An Approach road to the village, which earlier ended at the hilltop of the village, was ex-tended up to the village to make transportation smooth and easy.

A brief study of local housing typologies was conducted and various design options were pre-pared based on discussions with the community. Their aspirations, requirements and necessities where considered while designing the housing options. A total station survey was conducted to develop a village restoration and development plan with a focus on flood mitigation.

Agricultural farms were also not spared by the floods. The visiting rehabilitation team involved an agriculture expert to prepare an agricultural restoration plan that focuses on short term and long term measures to be taken by the villagers.Finally, a detailed rehabilitation plan based on owner driven reconstruction process was devel-oped for Parodi village. Also, advocacy of owner driven housing with the Government is in pro-cess.

Rehabilitating Riot affected victims of Muzzafarnagar

On September 8, 2013 targeted violence broke out in Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and neighbouring districts of Uttar Pradesh, leaving over 60 dead and forcing over 52,000 residents to flee their homes and villages. Over 40 more people includ-ing large numbers of children subsequently died in squalid relief camps between September-De-cember 2013 because of sickness and extreme cold.

As of mid-December, 2013, the Muzaffarnagar relief camps were home to approximately 7,000-10,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs). There were similar numbers of IDPs in relief camps in adjoining Shamli District. By December 2013 the State government had ordered the closure of all relief camps that existed on government land.

While some survivors returned to their villages,

large number continued to be displaced. Not a single family from the 9 villages has been able to return. For this loss of their village, home, em-ployment, cultural roots, history and community, they have received a compensation amount of INR 500,000 per family, from the State Govern-ment. With their compensation money some families have together bought small contiguous plots of land in new host villages and live tents pitched on these plots.

To support these displaced people, an umbrel-la organization named Joint Citizen’s Initiative comprising of Sadbhavana Trust (Lucknow& Del-hi), Hunnarshala Foundation (Kutch), Vanangana (Chitrakoot) and Farah Naqvi (Independent Activ-ist, Delhi) have initiated a rehabilitation program that will address various aspects of rehabilitation. The goals and objectives of the program are as follows: -

• Help communities build 300 homes and 2 community buildings in two resettlement sites in a process that is owner-driven with the use of local building techniques and ensur-ing that the constructed buildings meet the building standards appropriate for hazards common in the region.

• To link affected families to government enti-tlements including access to civic infrastruc-ture such as roads, sewerage, streetlights, water supply, toilets, green cover, etc. as well as social infrastructure such as education, health, widow pension schemes, scholarships and skill development schemes.

• To initiate social processes of trust building to-wards greater confidence and empowerment of the affected community and integration in the villages that will be their new home.

• To do this in a manner, and through a sensitive process that completely involves the affected community and provides displaced people with a confidence of rebuilding their lives.

Hunnarshala’s role in the program is to help design the program and provide technical facili-tation for the construction process. The role can be segregated into three parts: 1. Developing design options for houses.2. Training masons to ensure quality of con-

struction.3. Certifying the quality of construction required

for the release of financial assistance.

During the program, Hunnarshala would like to come up with innovations in the following ar-eas:• Innovate with brickwork to make these hous-

es aesthetically pleasing and more livable.• Innovate with the wastewater disposal ar-

rangements to ensure untreated sewerage doesn’t contaminate underground aquifers and surface water sources

Hunnarshala initiated its involvement by stud-ying and understanding the culture, housing typologies and building practices of the region. Interviews with the community provided an overview about the houses and its spatial organi-zation. Various focused group discussions with the men and women provided an insight of their aspirations and idea of a house in which they would enjoy spending their life.

A detailed discussion with the masons helped in understanding the intricacies of building prac-tices of the region as well as their skill set. Some rather interesting discussions and sharing on the kind of roofs prevalent in the region happened with the masons. The team also surveyed the market to ascertain the cost of material and labor,

which helped in arriving to the average cost of construction in the region. With these set of gath-ered information a house design was developed for a typical plot size possessed by the beneficiar-ies. Project proposals for the purpose of fund rais-ing were developed on the basis of this design.

This entire rehabilitation project has been de-signed envisaging the concept of owner driven construction. The affected community was ex-plained that they themselves are responsible for constructing their own houses. They were also explained the arrangement of financial assis-tance for housing that would be released in stag-es only after the engineers certification ensuring that specified construction norms have been fol-lowed. A rehabilitation committee, comprising of beneficiaries, was constituted to oversee the pro-cess of reconstruction.

At the moment, house construction is in pro-gress with a small number of families in Aryapuri village, Kairana block, Shamli district. Other initi-atives are on at various sites in Shamli and Muzaf-farnagar districts.


Community Housing

Indira Awas Yojana

Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY), a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Rural Development has since inception been providing assistance to fami-lies below the poverty line (BPL) who are either houseless or having inadequate housing facilities for constructing a safe and durable shelter. This effort has been part of a larger strategy of the Ministry’s poverty eradication effort, supporting the development of an environmentally sound habitat with adequate provisions for incremental expansion and improvement. The object of the habitat approach is to achieve adequate shelter for all, especially the deprived urban and rural poor through an enabling approach leading to development and improvements in access to ba-sic facilities like infrastructure, safe drinking wa-ter, sanitation, electricity etc.

Rural housing is in the domain of State Govern-ments and the Panchayati Raj Institutions. The Central Government has been implementing IAY as part of the enabling approach to shelter for all, taking cognizance of the fact that rural housing is one of the major anti-poverty measures for the marginalized. The house is recognized not merely as a shelter and a dwelling place but also an as-set, which supports livelihood, symbolizes social position and is also a cultural expression. A good home would be in harmony with the natural en-vironment protecting the household from ex-treme weather conditions, has the required con-nectivity for mobility and facilities for economic activities.

In spite of a well thought scheme, the num-ber of houses built all over the country has been very less compared to the envisaged numbers. The design options available for construction of these houses are also very limited. Due to this disappointing state, the Central government ad-vised all the State governments to invite organi-zations to participate as consultants to conduct survey, prepare housing designs and carry out IEC activities for the rural regions of all states of the country.

The state of Gujarat is the first state to invite organizations through a tendering process. Hun-narshala Foundation (Kutch), People-in Centre (Ahmedabad),Buildaur (Auroville) and Thumb Impressions (Ahmedabad) applied for the project work as a consortium. The Rural Development Department awarded the work to the consor-tium.

Phase-I of the Project

The work for the project started with the objec-tive to ensure technical support for IAY imple-mentation at district level through development of appropriate design options, preparing techni-cal guidelines for each option, prototype demon-strations, IEC material for trainings of house own-ers, artisans and government officials.

The districts of Gujarat were divided into 5 zones based on parameters like geo-environ-mental aspects,climatic conditions and extent of vulnerability of natural hazards and prevalent building materials and practices.

The first step towards effective technical fa-cilitation is to understand the prevalent hous-ing typologies in all the demarcated zones. Af-ter finalizing the zones, the choice of villages to be visited was made in such a way so as to get a comprehensive overview covering different com-munities and geographic regions.

The study was initiated with a workshop in which the whole project team was oriented on the project objectives, methodology, framework and deliverables.Each team had a women mem-ber to ensure gender perspective was properly understood during the studies. These teams visit-ed over 125 villages spread all over the state and held discussions with people including village panchayat members, government officials, lead-ers and elders of different communities in the vil-lages to understand the socio-cultural fabric of rural Gujarat. Key organizations working in the rural parts of the state were of great help in iden-tifying appropriate villages based on the team’s selection parameters. Each team was equipped with architectural skills to categorize and docu-ment the various elements of the house. Photog-raphy, sketches, drawing, recording and notes were tools to record data during the study. The team got an opportunity to meet various com-munities and identify the relationship of commu-nities with building practices or housing typolo-gies.

The team met 49 master artisans who were carpenters, masons, cob wall builders and brick makers. These artisans are key professionals who design and build rural houses; they pos-sess knowledge of material, building skills and costs involved in construction. In addition, they also have understanding of patterns and trends within their region. Finally, the team conducted interview survey of over 150 IAY beneficiaries to understand how they built their house, which of their aspirations were met by IAY and what they felt wanting in the scheme.

After all the teams completed their field study, a peer review was conducted. The review panel came up with areas that had to be studied in de-tail. So the teams went back to the villages and completed the study based on the review panels suggestions.

The entire study was documented and submit-ted to the Rural Development Department. The next step in the project is to prepare design op-tions based on thestudy of housing typologies.


Rajiv Awas Yojana

The Central Government of India has initiated Ra-jiv Awas Yojana (RAY), for the slum dwellers and the urban poor population of the country. RAY envisages a ‘Slum-free India’ through encourag-ing State governments to tackle the problem of slums in a definitive manner, in selected cities in India, Bhuj being one. It calls for a multi-pronged approach focusing on:• Bringing existing slums within the formal sys-

tem and enabling them to avail of the same level of basic amenities as the rest of the town;

• Redressing the failures of the formal system that lie behind the creation of slums by plan-ning for affordable housing stock for the ur-ban poor and initiating crucial policy changes required for facilitating the same.

• Tackling the shortages of urban land and housing that keep shelter out of reach of the urban poor and force them to resort to extra-legal solutions in a bid to retain their sources of livelihood and employment.

The programs are structured to ensure benefits to the poorest of the poor; citizens living in physi-cally susceptible conditions, financially disadvan-taged and members of the socially vulnerable communities. The goals of RAY are driven and incentivized by the provision of central support for slum redevelopment and construction of af-fordable housing conditional to a set of reforms necessary for urban development to become in-clusive.

Since past 3-4 years, Hunnarshala along with lo-cal network NGO’s have been addressing housing and services issues of slum in Bhuj city through a dedicated socio-technical team working closely with the urban slum dwellers. The program called Home-in-city was initiated for this purpose with the help of funds from foreign donors as well self-finances. The RAY program envisages a similar goal but in a larger context where cities are made slum free through implementation of a well ar-ticulated plan and efficient construction process.

Last year Bhuj was included in the list of cities where government wants to implement the RAY project. This was an opportunity for Hunnarshala and NGO’s working for the development of the slums in the city. Hunnarshala submitted a pro-posal to the Central and State government for the development of slums in Bhuj city.

The diagram (1) provides an insight about how the entire program was proposed for implemen-tation and management.

Bhuj Municipality, under the guidance of GUDM, is the implementing agency of RAY pro-ject in Bhuj.

The proposal submitted to the government clearly emphasizes that the project can be im-plemented efficiently and effectively only when all concerned parties work in coordination with each other with a focus on achieving the objec-tives of the project.

The proposal suggests, forming of a city level steering committee, chaired by the Collector, comprising of Nagar Palika office bearers, all de-partments with stakes in the program; lead NGO’s supporting the program and lead Citizens of Bhuj City.

The city level Steering Committee will provide policy guidance and approval to the project. It will coordinate between departments for efficient delivery of the objectives of the program. It will approve DPR’s, develop the Standard Operating

Procedures (SOP), define ‘Beneficiary’, get studies carried to develop special projects and dovetail other state programs for slums. Through this pro-gram it will help Nagar Palika develop capacities, systems and reforms for improved performance in the city.

To implement the project with the help of the Project Management Agency (PMA), a special Technical Cell (RAY) will be established in the Nagar Palika. The Technical Cell will house a Fi-nance, Technical and Grievance Redressed unit to implement the program. All the beneficiaries will individually receive funds for construction of their houses from the Technical cell directly, on compliance of agreed parameters.

Hunnarshala is the Project Management Agen-cy supported by 5 local NGO’s (names mentioned in diagram 1). As PMA, Hunnarshala’s main role is to prepare a Slum Free City Plan of Action for Bhuj and develop strategies to cover all the slums in the city.Prepare new DPRs for slums according to the Plan of Action.

The PMA shall support the city level steering committee to develop the Standard operating procedures.

Slum Facilitation Centers (SFC), each to cover approximately 500 homes, will be setup to fa-cilitate the slum dwellers to implement the con-struction activity. Each SFC will have a social mo-bilizer, technical person and a manager. TheSFC’s will also develop the necessary MIS and reporting mechanism for the Municipality, State and Centre.

The PMA shall setup training school for ensur-ing adequate capacity for implementation and also ensuring high quality of implementation. The training program will focus on:• Train and build the capacities of slum com-

mittees and SFC’s in technical, accounting and other areas.

• Train masons and contractors and upgrade their skills to ensure safety and quality of con-struction.

• Train youth from slums in entrepreneurship to support the building effort.

For the infrastructure development of the slums, the representatives from the beneficiar-ies shall form a slum committee. This slum com-mittee shall be responsible for constructing the required infrastructure as mentioned in the DPR. The slum committee shall receive the funds for the construction directly from the Technical Cell.

The proposal has been submitted to the gov-ernment and we are awaiting the final decision from the government to initiate the work


Banni Pashu Ucherak Maldhari Sangathan

The Banni grassland of Gujarat is the largest natu-ral grassland in the Indian subcontinent, and an area that is both socio-culturally unique and eco-logically valuable. Ethnic communities that com-prise the “maldhari” pastoralists have inhabited this region. Their livestock graze in this landscape and the main occupation of this community is animal husbandry.

Atree a research institution in the area of biodi-versity conservation and sustainable develop-ment has initiated a research program that stud-ies the long-term impact of changing ecological patterns and social processes on the Banni grass-land and the implications for the its pastoralist communities. Sahajeevan, works closely with the pastoral community with the objectives to make livestock based livelihood a viable economic op-tion and set up an economically viable concept of grassland development. Thus came into exist-ence the Banni Pashu Ucherak Maldhari Sanga-than (BPUMS) with an aim to strengthen animal husbandry occupation in the Banni region. For further organizing this sangathan Atree, Sahajee-van and Hunnarshala came together to build an office building for the community from where various activities of the Sangathan can be per-formed. Hunnarshala has designed and built this facility.

7.OTHER ACTIVITIES

Gubbi Alliance For Sustainable Habitat

Gubbi Alliance for Sustainable Habitat is a self-funded association of habitat professionals and researchers that seeks to mainstream sustainabil-ity as a core concern in design, policy and habitat management. Gubbi has come into being over a series of meetings that began with a workshop near Bangalore in 2008. Among its 20 members spread across the country, are pioneers and lead-ing Indian practitioners of genuinely sustainable approaches in architecture, construction and participatory rehabilitation.

This year the group’s meeting was held in “Shaam-e-Sarhad”, village resort in Hodka and hosted by Hunnarshala.


8.AWARDS & PUBLICATIONS

• Home Review magazine in its June ’13 edition published an article on Hunnarshala written by architect Aftab Jalia.

• IA & B magazines 27th Anniversary Issue named Practices of Consequences Vol-II pub-lished in October 2013 covered an article on Hunnarshala’s philosophy and practice.

• Home Review magazine published in February 2014, covered an article named Green Crusader and an article on the women collective entre-preneur company namedMathachajj – A Thatch Company.

PublicationsAwards

Hunnarshala Foundation was nominated for the Cur-ry Stone Design Prize and declared one of the 3 win-ners of the prestigious design Prize for the year 2013.

Clifford Curry and Delight Stone to promote and honor designers who address critical social needs founded the Curry Stone Design Prize in 2008. The prize champions the belief that design can be a pow-erful force for improving lives and strengthening communities. It is intended to inspire both designers and a broad audience by telling the stories of change agents through short documentary videos. The Foun-dation gave a cash prize of USD 40, 000.

9.FINANCIAL REPORTS

Auditor’s Report

We are pleased to present the Audited Statement of Accounts of the Company for the period end-ed 31st March 2014.

• We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Hunnarshala Foundation for Building Technology and Innovations (“the Company”), which comprise the Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2014, and the State-ment of Income & Expenditure for the year then ended, and a summary of significant ac-counting policies and other explanatory in-formation.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

• Management is responsible for the prepara-tion of these financial statements, that gives a true and fair view of the financial position, financial performance of the Company in ac-cordance with the Accounting Standards re-ferred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 (“the Act”) read with the General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 Sep-tember 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Af-fairs in respect of Section 133 of the Compa-nies Act, 2013. This responsibility includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and presentation of the financial statements that give a true and fair view and are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility• Our responsibility is to express an opinion

on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accord-ance with the Standards on Auditing issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Those Standards require that we com-ply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable as-surance about whether the financial state-ments are free from material misstatement.

• An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the au-ditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Company’s preparation and fair presen-tation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

• We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to pro-vide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion• In our opinion and to the best of our informa-

tion and according to the explanations given to us, the financial statements give the infor-mation required by the Act in the manner so required and give a true and fair view in con-formity with the accounting principles gener-ally accepted in India:

1. in the case of the Balance Sheet, of the state of affairs of the Company as at March 31, 2014;

2. in the case of Statement of Income & Expendi-ture, of the deficit for the year ended on that date; and

Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Require-ments• Hunnarshala Foundation for Building Tech-

nology & Innovations section 25 company, the requirement under the Companies (Audi-tor’s Report) Order, 2003 (“the Order”) issued by the Central Government of India in terms of sub-section (4A) of Section 227 of the Act on the matters specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Order are not applicable.


• As required by Section 227(3) of the Act, we report that:

1. We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowl-edge and belief were necessary for the pur-pose of our audit;

2. In our opinion, proper books of account as required by law have been kept by the Com-pany so far as appears from our examination of those books;

3. The financial statements dealt with by this re-port are in agreement with the books of ac-count;

4. In our opinion, the balance sheet, statement of profit and loss comply with the Accounting Standards referred to in sub-section (3C) of section 211 of the Companies Act, 1956 read with the General Circular 15/2013 dated 13 September 2013 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs in respect of Section 133 of the Com-panies Act, 2013. And

5. On the basis of written representations re-ceived from the directors, as on March 31, 2014 and taken on record by the Board of Di-rectors, none of the directors is disqualified as on March 31, 2014 from being appointed as a director in terms of clause (g) of sub-section (1) of Section 274 of the Companies Act, 1956.

Place: AhmedabadDate: 27.06.2014

For H. Rustom & Co.Chartered Accountants Firm Reg.No.108908W

(HRD Dalal)Proprietor Membership No. 31368

LEGAL & TAX COMPLIANCES

The TDS, Professional Tax and Service tax returns have been files. The Income tax and Annual Return with the ROC will be submitted as per their deadlines.

• Statutory Records, Board Meetings & AGM: During the last year 2013-2014 the following meetings of Board of Directors and Meetings of general share-holders were conducted and the minutes of the same has been recorded in the minutes register.

AUDIT & COMPLIANCESAuditors M/s. H. Rustom & Co, Chartered Accountants have audited the books of accounts for this financial year. The Auditors Reports does not contain any ad-verse statement. Normally it was designed to have audits on quarterly basis, however sometimes audits of one or two quarters have been merged in last year.

Balance Sheet

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

I. EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

1. Shareholders' Funds

(a) Share Capital 2 1,01,000 1,01,000

(b) Reserves and Surplus 3 15,65,87,972 15,67,92,995

15,66,88,972 15,68,93,995

2. Share Application Money pending allotment - -

3. Non - current Liabilities - -

4. Current Liabilities

(a) Trade Payables 4 5,83,410 4,40,084

(b) Other Current Liabilities 5 29,73,885 40,97,465

35,57,295 45,37,549

TOTAL 16,02,46,267 16,14,31,544

II ASSETS

1. Non-current Assets

(a) Fixed Assets

(i) Tangible Assets 6 3,14,65,788 2,84,69,389

(b) Non-current Investments 7 5,00,00,000 5,00,00,000

8,14,65,788 7,84,69,389

2. Current Assets

(a) Inventories 8 2,37,305 2,19,582

(b) Trade Receivables 9 12,20,699 28,82,164

(c) Cash and Cash equivalents 10 5,43,61,680 6,15,52,800

(d) Short - term Loans and Advances 11 58,15,650 70,57,338

(e) Other Current Assets 12 1,71,45,145 7,87,80,479 1,12,50,271 8,29,62,155

3. Miscellaneous Expenditure to the extent not

written off or adjusted - -

TOTAL 16,02,46,267 16,14,31,544

0

Significant Accounting Policies and Notes to

Accounts 1

For H Rustom & Co. For Hunnarshaala Foundation for Building

Chartered Accountants Technology & Innovations

HUNNARSHAALA FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY & INNNOVATIONS

BALANCE SHEET OF FINANCIAL YEAR 2013-2014

PARTICULARS Note

No.

As at 31-03-2014 As at 31-03-2013


Income & Expenditure

Rs. Rs. Rs. Rs.

1 Revenue from operations 13 1,87,98,303 2,49,77,384

2 Other Income 14 1,39,18,698 3,27,17,001 1,24,44,390 3,74,21,774

3 Total Revenue (I + II)

4 Expenses

Cost of Materials Consumed 15 25,45,608 14,44,306

Employee Benefit Expenses 16 52,64,372 55,09,846

Finance Costs 17 - -

Depreciation Expenses 26,41,276 21,32,132

Expenditure on the Objects of the Organisation 18 2,05,86,174 2,07,79,510

Other Expenses 19 20,01,732 24,96,896

Total Expenses

3,30,39,162 3,23,62,691

5Surplus/(Deficit) before exceptional and extraordinary items

and tax (III-IV) (3,22,161) 50,59,083

6 Exceptional Items - -

7 Surplus/(Deficit) before extraordinary items and tax (V-VI) (3,22,161) 50,59,083

8 Extraordinary items - -

Bad Debts Written Back

9 Surplus/(Deficit) before tax (VII+VIII) (3,22,161) 50,59,083

10 Tax expense: - -

11Surplus/(Deficit) for the period from continuing operations (

IX - X - XIV ) (3,22,161) 50,59,083

12Surplus/(Deficit) for the period from discontinuing operations - -

13 Tax expense of discontinuing operations - -

14Surplus/(Deficit) from discontinuing operations (after tax) (XII-

XIII) - -

15 Surplus/(Deficit) for the period (XI + XIV) (3,22,161) 50,59,083

Significant Accounting Policies and Notes to Accounts 1

For H Rustom & Co. For Hunnarshaala Foundation for Building

Chartered Accountants Technology & Innovations

HUNNARSHAALA FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY & INNNOVATIONS

INCOME & EXPENDITURE STATEMENT OF YEAR 2013-2014

PARTICULARSNote

No.

For the year ended 31st March,

2014

For the year ended 31st

March, 2013


10.GOVERNANCE

Our Directors

Shri Neelkanth Chhaya, ChairmanAn Architect by profession NeelkanthChhaya has been teaching at CEPT University for the last 25 years. He has recently completed his tenure as a full time faculty member and Dean; Faculty of Archi-tecture.The practice has won several national completion and Awards. Apart from Architecture he has a passionate interest in indian classical music as well as literature, philosophy and human sciences.

Shri Sandeep Virmani, Executive Vice ChairmanAn Architect by profession Shri Sandeep Virmani has been instrumental in forming various organiza-tions focusing on water harvesting, organization focusing on water harvesting, organic agriculture, renewable energy and building habitats. He as a executive vice chairman of organization is the guid-ing community empowerment program and governance of the organization.

Shri. Kiran Vaghela,Managing DirectorKiranVaghela, Managing Director and a founder member of Hunnarshala Foundation for Building Technology and Innovation, is a civil engineer by education. He has worked globally in various reha-bilitation programs and participated extensively by involving various artisans and crafts people from the rural areas of Kutch after the massive earthquake in 2001. He taps the skills of local artisans and builders who have deep knowledge of resilient building systems and through his team at Hunnar-shala delivers high-quality, sustainable, and disaster-safe housing. He uses traditional wisdom in con-temporary architecture creating possibilities for architects to come forward and explore new meth-ods of application. And also emphasizes on involving traditional community and its development

Mr.TejasKotak, Executive DirectorA Civil Engineer by education. He has been associated with Hunnarshala since its inception. He leads the Artisan Empowerment program of Hunnarshala and guides the Finance department.

Shri Mahavir Acharya, Executive DirectorA civil Engineer by education, he has been associated with Hunnarshala since its inception. He leads the community empowerment program of Hunnarshala and guides the administration department.

Shri Tushar Dayal, DirectorA chartered Accountant by profession, ShriTusharDayal is the Managing Director of TMl industries, Vadodara. He is on the board of various business and voluntary organization.

Shri Sudhin Choksey, Director“Mr. SudhinChoksey, the Managing Director of GRUH, is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has been employed with GRUH since 1993. He was appointed as the CEO of the Company in 1998 and the Managing Director in 2000. He has the working experi-ence of handling functional areas of finance, commercial and general management both in India and abroad. He is a director of Gujarat State Financial Services Ltd., Deepak Nitrite Ltd and director of HunnarShaala Foundation for Building Technology and Innovations. He is a member of the Share-holders’/ Investors’ Grievance Committee of GRUH.”

Newly Appointed Directors

Shri Prof. Jagadish Kaup.,DirectorProf. K.S. Jagdish has been involved in the field of technical education for the last four decades. He is a retired professor from the permier Indian Institute of science, Bangalore. He was one of the founder member of Centre of Sustainable Technology (formerly, Application for Science and Technology for Rural Area , ASTRA). He still pursues his passion for teaching and guiding Phd. students. He has writ-ten various books on alternative construction technologies. Prof. K. S. Jagadish is also a promoter of Hunnarshala and has always been eager to support and guide hunnarshala’s team on alternative technology. He has started Gramavidya_- a research organization that carries out research for the de-velopment of alternative technologies and disseminating the know-how within the rural population.

Shri Durganand Balsavar, DirectorDurganand Balsavar is the Principal architect of Artes-human settlements development collabora-tive, Chennai. He is also the editor at Journal of architecture, arts and ideas.

Shri Ramesh Sanghvi, DirectorBy profession he is a teacher. He was taking a many responsibility in our society like Director,- lokniketan,palanpur,President: Gram SwarajSangh, Founder: SushilTrust,MaganbhaiSoni Trust, Trus-tee: Khadigramodyog, Sinchan Education trust. He is a n Editor in Shaswat Gandhi and Jeevansudha magazine. Also received a many Awards to his contribution given in Education an and society welfare


Team of Hunnarshala

Management Committee

Mr.Sandeep Virmani: Executive ChairmanMr.Kiran V. Vaghela: Managing DirectorMr.Mahavir K.Acharya: Executive DirectorMr. Tejas V. Kotak: Executive DirectorMr.Prajesh Jethwa: Business ManagerMs. Nilam Sompura: Manager- AdministrationMs.Chetna Varu: AccountantMr.Atul Vyas: “Artisan School” CoordinatorMr.Mukesh Tank: Unit Head

Administration Division

Dhaval N Raval: Admin AssistantRajesh S Gor: Admin AssistantArti Pinara: Admin AssistantUravashi Anjaria: Admin AssistantJamanaben Rathod: Office AssistantAlimamad Sama: DriverPoonam K. Chavda: Store Incharge

Accounts Division

Kartik Mehta: CA, ConsultantBrinda Khiera: Account Assistant

Education

Hiralal Suthar: “Artisan School” CarpentarPradip Bhat: CookPangusingh: “Artisan School” Walling system

Community Empowerment

Dhiraj Thacker: Project AssistantDinesh Charan: Project AssistantHiren Gohil: Project AssistantKaramshi L. Rangani: Project InchargeKhimji G. Chavda: Project AssistantMalaram Bishnoi: Project AssistantRamesh Chauhan: Project SuperviserRupesh Hurmade: Project InchargeNeha Dudhaiya: Project AssistantHardika Dayalani: Project CoordinatorTanvi Chaudhari: ArchitectBhawna Jaimini: Project Assistant

Artisan Empowerment

Bharat Chauhan: Assistant SuperviserJignesh Gor: Project InchargePradip Rangini: Project InchargeRaj Chauhan: Project AssistantDipti Tanna: ArchitectMeghji Bhuchia: Care TakerHemant Dhudhaiya: Project Incharge Milap Gor: Project SuperviserVishanji Gajjar: Master Artisan

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